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GregTX · 01-21-2022, 10:29 PM

I am restoring/slight customizing a 51 Ford F4 and am having a hard time locating a F4 front bumper. Can I replace it with a 1951 F1 front bumper? I know the F1 bumper is inferior to the heavy F4 bumper but I can live with that if I can just bolt on a new F1 bumper.

1952henry · 01-22-2022, 03:04 AM

I believe the f4 bumpers are deeper. The f1 bumper would not fit over the frame horns of an f4. Do st@ 2 b corrected.

FortyNiner · 01-22-2022, 03:47 AM

http://fatfenderedtrucks.com/partsinterchange.html

GregTX · 01-22-2022, 12:38 PM

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Thanks for the responses!!!

I saw the fatfender list of interchangeable parts. However, if the thickness of the F1 vs F4 smooth bumper is the only difference I thought it may fit. I am probably going to have my original bumper chrome plated which will most likely be north of a grand. My only other option was to buy a F1- F3 chrome bumper, which is much less expensive.

01-21-2022, 10:29 PM	#1
GregTX Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 6	Are the 51 Ford F4 & F1 bumpers interchangeable?? I am restoring/slight customizing a 51 Ford F4 and am having a hard time locating a F4 front bumper. Can I replace it with a 1951 F1 front bumper? I know the F1 bumper is inferior to the heavy F4 bumper but I can live with that if I can just bolt on a new F1 bumper.

01-22-2022, 03:04 AM	#2
1952henry Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,615	Re: Are the 51 Ford F4 & F1 bumpers interchangeable?? I believe the f4 bumpers are deeper. The f1 bumper would not fit over the frame horns of an f4. Do st@ 2 b corrected. __________________ I dig coal, which provides motivation for EVs.

01-22-2022, 03:47 AM	#3
FortyNiner Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: u-rah-rah-Wisconsin Posts: 1,136	Re: Are the 51 Ford F4 & F1 bumpers interchangeable?? http://fatfenderedtrucks.com/partsinterchange.html __________________ 19 and 49 F1 - jes' like Henry II built 1946 Deluxe - as Henry built it

01-22-2022, 12:38 PM	#4
GregTX Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 6	Re: Are the 51 Ford F4 & F1 bumpers interchangeable?? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for the responses!!! I saw the fatfender list of interchangeable parts. However, if the thickness of the F1 vs F4 smooth bumper is the only difference I thought it may fit. I am probably going to have my original bumper chrome plated which will most likely be north of a grand. My only other option was to buy a F1- F3 chrome bumper, which is much less expensive.

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